sitter
Example Sentences
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But it was only by chance that I was by myself when my phone buzzed and displayed an on-screen message with some additional questions from the dog sitter I’d booked for our trip.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
A reliable pet sitter, especially at the last minute, is as hard to come by as a free street parking spot in Koreatown on a Friday night.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2025
Though she was happy with her sitter, she felt conflicted about using the service to shop for luxury clothes at all.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
Matt Short should have been run out without scoring in the same over but Shubman Gill missed a sitter with the throw and he survived.
From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025
One day his parents left him with a sitter and took the P & W high-speed trolley into the city.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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